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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
6
A tired businessman on a crowded trolley faced three middle aged ladies returning from a summer tour. After enduring their remarks about declining gallantry he bowed and offered his seat. The ladies diverted attention to ads and he sat down again. Philadelphia Ledger.
Willie asks what overshadow means and Father explains it as outshining. The exchange clarifies the comic coinage with a simple analogy.
A Chinese taotai orders two gold ingots sent to the treasury. He is told the price is taels, with a half price concession for him. He instructs one ingot returned and one kept, but shopmen demand payment, prompting the taotai to threaten lictors.
Experiments at the Eiffel Tower feature a giant luminous clock visible across Paris. The device lacks hands or a dial while time is shown by glowing figures changing each minute.
Robert W. Wells of Washington purchased the bonnet Geronimo wore in his last battle with General Miles. The heirloom will be donated to the Smithsonian Institution for public display and preservation.
A reader describes herself and another woman ditching coffee for Postum Food Coffee. The switch cures headaches and changes household habits, with a testimonial of improved health and taste after proper preparation. The notice cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville booklet.
C P Cary state superintendent told the Woman's club in Fond du Lac Wisconsin that the typical American is driven by high pressure business and school life. He warned that nervous precocity in children especially girls leads to burnout and poor outcomes rather than success. He urged changing habits and ideals to ease tension for the welfare of the race.
Oconomowoc Health Resort a Nashotah lake sanatorium destroyed by fire last night with an estimated loss of 80000. Twenty five patients escaped unharmed and were cared for in nearby farms. The Hill mansion built by Mason M. Hill thirty years ago housed the facility and had recently reopened as a hospital under Dr A W Rogers. The blaze started from an overheated furnace and firefighters could not save the building.
Madison reports Patrick Griffith aged 65 killed by Milwaukee Road passenger train. Other notes include deaths of F E Crosby 42 in Dell Prairie and local officials birthings and bank charters. A mayor doubles as chief of police in Reloid and a courthouse project is deferred.
Havana undertakes a city renewal with five thousand buildings undergoing renovation or construction and demands for quantities of sanitary goods to support the effort.
Vito Pelligge was nabbed by Chief Baker on arson charges in Racine noon today. Mrs. Mary Neels, wife of John Neels, held as accomplice after building on Racine Street burned recently. police tied the fire to increased insurance and missing goods from Neels home.
Ghurgh marks the seventieth anniversary of the first Congregational church in Wisconsin founded January 1838 by Robert Love near Bethesda spring. The observance in Waukesha includes sermons by Judson Titsworth and a memorial to Civil War soldiers connected with the church.
Glidden Wisconsin will take municipal ownership of its water works having purchased the plant from D F Tyler for 13000 dollars. The bonds are to be paid off in six years with annual payments not far above the prior hydrant rental paid to the water works owners.
The article lists seventeen charter members of the first church in Prairieville Waukesha, all now deceased, including Ezra Mendell and Edmund C. Clinton. It notes initial ministers Cyrus Nichols 1889 1 year and Otis I. Curtis 1840 1846, plus the north school house and eventual church on East avenue Broadway built 1867 remodeled 1899, with Underground Railway ties, and Rev. John Ingersoll mentioned.
The University of Wisconsin begins issuing a series of high school bulletins for teachers. The manuals cover course organization methods of teaching textbook discussions reference lists and other material to aid principals and instructors.
The Marine Review lists twenty seven vessels lost on the Great Lakes in 1907, valued at $628 000. Fifteen steamers seven schooners and five tugs were destroyed or wrecked with ten by fire and two in collisions. The heaviest individual loss of the year is noted.
The Cyprus sank on Lake Superior during its second voyage with 23 crew dead. Other losses include the Fred Pabst valued at 60,000 after a collision in the St Clair River, the City of Glasgow destroyed by fire on Green Bay, Majestic burned on Lake Erie, and the Alexander Nimick wrecked in a storm on Lake Superior.
Judge John Goodland ruled that counties owe no expense for treating contagious diseases. cities must cover patient care when paupers, with the city physician unable to seek extra fees from the county. The decision arose from Frank Demmy’s smallpox case at the Chil dren's Receiving home in 1905.
A move to end party politics in the city election advances with proposals. Republicans discuss nominating Alderman S C Shannon of S C Shannon Grocery for mayor while renominated Democrats Henry D. Ryan for city attorney and John Goodland for treasurer. A competing plan suggests Shannon Ryan Goodland as slate with Democrats backing BE Williams for re election as city clerk and Democrats naming the assessor.
The burning of the new passenger steamer City of Cleveland at the Detroit Shipbuilding Company yard is noted as a major year event. The Naomi, burned earlier on Lake Michigan, is no longer listed in the Review’s tally as her owners turned her steel hull over to the insurer for rebuilding.
A Fulton New York mother recounts her one year old daughter’s eight month eczema ordeal. After visits to three doctors and an eye ulcer, Cuticura remedies cost one dollar and led to dramatic improvement in three days with all sores gone in a week though eyesight could not be restored.
A San Francisco Chronicle reader dialogue on Market street speculates Sullivan’s defeat by Kaufman, noting Sullivan’s baldness and aging. The exchange recalls past titles and questions whether a boxer can stay dominant forever.
The Evening Wisconsin company of Milwaukee published eight souvenir post cards in five colors depicting animals at Washington Park zoo in Milwaukee. A set can be mailed for 12 cents in stamps to The Evening Wisconsin company Post Card Dept Milwaukee Wis.
A London underground railway line has been recorded at 185 feet beneath the surface marking a new depth record for subterranean transportation. The milestone highlights the engineering feat achieved by the system’s construction crews and engineers.
Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St Denver writes she endured years of female troubles including backache and bearing down pains after an operation, but after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained perfect health and urges others with similar symptoms to try it.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been a standard remedy for female ills and has claimed to cure many cases of displacement inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and indigestion. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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